Patent Lawyers Club of Washington 
www.PatentLawyersClub.com
Officers 2009-2010
President Eric Wright Stites & Harbison
Vice President Ralph Webb Stein McEwen LLP
Treasurer Rhonda Barton Black & Decker
Secretary Gautam Sain Roylance, Abrams
Membership Andrew Freistein Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

The Patent Lawyers Club of Washington is always seeking new members who are lawyers and who enjoy interacting with others involved in the protection of intellectual property, including private practitioners, judges, examiners, professors, students, and PTO, justice department, and elected officials. If interested, please fill out and send in the Application for Membership which is a Word document at the link below. We look forward to seeing you at our next event.

 Click here for the Application for Membership form in Word.

 Click here for Annual Dues Payment form in Word.

Click here for more information about the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington in Word.

Click here for original Patent Lawyer's Club Constitution adopted Sept 24, 1935 in PDF

Click here for the 50th Anniversary Celebration (1935-1985: former presidents, all
  active members & 4 pages of club history) in PDF

Celebrating Our 74rd Year

      

                            NOTICE OF JUNE 11, 2009 DINNER MEETING


Date:         Thursday June 11, 2009

Speaker:    The Honorable Pauline Newman

                   Circuit Judge
                   United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Place:        Tayloe House

                  717 Madison Place, NW
                  Washington, D.C. 20439

                  The Ben O. Tayloe House is located adjacent to the United States Court of Appeals
                   for the  Federal Circuit at Lafayette Square at Vermont Avenue and H Street NW.

Parking is available at the courthouse garage. The entrance to the garage is located in the 1500 block of H Street, NW. H Street is one-way eastbound. Please note: you must RSVP in order to have your name placed on the parking list for the secure parking garage. If you must park behind another vehicle in the garage, please leave your keys in the vehicle.

Times:       Social                          6:30 - 7:15 p.m.  

                  Dinner                        7:15 - 8:15 p.m.

                  Business & Speaker   8:15 - 9:00 p.m.

Cost:         Members - No Charge for PLCW Members

                  Non-Members - $50 payable in advance or at the door.

RSVP:       Please RSVP via email to tom@clouse.com or call (301) 873-7011 no later than noon on
                  Friday June 5, 2009.

                 NOTICE: DUES PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE AT THE DOOR OR IN ADVANCE!                

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Guests:

We welcome non-members to our dinners. Non-members do not need to be accompananied by a PLCW member.

Members are strongly encouraged to bring guests (family, friends, clients, and potential new members) to this event as it is a great client development oportunity. The non-member fee is $50.00 payable in advance or at the door.Checks can be made out to the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington.

Please forward this email to any of your colleagues who may be interrsted in attending. All are welcome at this event.

                                        REMEMBER TO RSVP BY JUNE 5th!

           

Events 2008-2009

For the photos taken at the dinner, click on the thumbnails to see a larger version.

 

Date Speaker  Topic
October 2, 2008

Mojdeh Bahar, Branch Chief of the Cancer Branch, National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer 
Mojdeh's Power Point  19 slides 988K
and
Lee C. Heiman, Of Counsel, Nath Law Group
Lee's  PDF  24 pages 208K
Golf Outing and Dinner Meeting at Reston National Golf Course  

“Recent Developments in Patent Law”

Click here for photos

Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

 

November 6, 2008 Wayne W. Herrington
Assistant General Counsel
U.S. International Trade Commission

Handout for Talk 6 pages pdf   893K
“The International Trade Commission and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights"

Click here for photos
Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

 

March 12 2009 Dr. Gauri Prakash-Canjels
VicePresident and Chair of the Intellectual Property-Antitrust Practice ARPC of Washington, DC

Estimation of Patent Damages 42 slides
PDF 215K

“Trends and Issues in Patent Damages”

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Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

 

April 21, 2009

Wynn Coggins
Technology Center 3600 Director USPTO

Power Point Presentation 25 slides 196K

 “Business Methods Update and Briefing”

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Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

May 28, 2009 Michael R. Finley, Esq. Director   
Stratify, An Iron Mountain Company
“Advances and Strategies in Electronic Discover”

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Click here for meeting announcement in pdf

June 11, 2009 The Honorable Pauline Newman
Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Click here for photos

June 20, 2009 Dinner Dance
Kenwood Country Club
Andrew Freistein elected to Membership


Click here for photos

Events for the past nine years are here


Click on the last names that are underlined and see their web page at work

PR06-07 means President from summer 06 through spring 07

Members
Andy Aitken Venable
Stan Aksman Hunton & Williams
Ralph Albrecht Venable
Tom Anderson Hunton & Williams          PR07-08
Robert  Babayi Venable
Mojdeh Bahar National Institutes of Health
George  Beck Foley & Lardner         PR03-04
Arash Behravesh Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Bill Bergmann Baker & Hostetler
PR01-02
Adesh Bhargava Dykema Grossett.
Gerry Bjorge Keil & Weinkauf
Steve Bloor U.S. Army Research Lab.
Barry Bretschneider Morrison & Foerster
Hung Bui Stein, McEwen & Bui
Sam Burkholder Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
Brian  Buroker Hunton & Williams
PR00-01
Ed Cabic self - former WR Grace
Benoit Castel Young & Thompson
John  Castellano Harness, Dickey & Pierce
PR99-00
Kristina Castellano Castellano PLLC        PR06-07
Chun-I Chiang Air Force         PR98-99
Tom Clouse National Cancer Institute
PR08-09
Ken Colton Fitch Even
Sharon Crane Bingham McCutchen
Patrick Delaney Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Vince DeLuca Novak Druce & Quigg
John  Dewhirst self - former PTO
Tom  Dickey PTO  2826
Jennifer Doak PTO 2872
Jim Dresser Antonelli
Jean Dudek Fitzpatrick Cella
PR02-03
Kevin  Duncan Hunton & Williams         PR04-05
Kevin Dunleavy Hunton & Williams
Dave D'Zurrilla Oblon
Alan Ehrlich Stein, McEwen & Bui
Jim Eller Birch Stewart
Gary Fedorochko Banner & Witcoff
Andrew Freistein Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Jim Gatto                       Pillsbury Winthrop
PR96-97
Mike Gellner PTO SPE 2832
PR89-90
Ken  Genoni Ropes Gray
George Georgellis Hunton & Williams
Matt Gill Stein, McEwen & Bui
Elliot          Goldberg Birch Stewart
John Goolkasian Oblon
Justine Gozzi Venable
Art Grimley PTO SPE 2852 
Gary  Hausken Dept. of Justice
Jennifer Hayes Sughrue
David Hill Finnegan
George Hovanec Burns Doane
Danny Huntington Bingham McCutchen
Eric Jensen Young & Thompson
Robert Joynes National Institutes of Health
Jeff Kaminski Venable
Ron  Kananen Rader, Fishman & Grauer
Tina  Katcheves Saul Ewing LLP
Sharon Kennedy Kennedy Law Office, LLC
Ed  Kondracki Miles & Stockbridge
Jennifer King Patton Boggs
Bob Koch Milbank
Mark  Konieczny Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack
Peter Korytnyk Law Office of Peter G. Korytnyk
Larry  Laubscher, Jr.  Law Office of Lawrence E. Laubscher , Jr.
PR93-94
Larry Laubscher, Sr. Laubscher Law Office
PR63-64
Jim  Laughlin Holland & Knight
Dick  Lazarus Barnes & Thornburg
Roland Long Young & Thompson
John Luce Stevens Davis
Tom Lynch self - former PTO
Susan  Mack Sughrue
Clif McCann Venable 
Liam McDowell Young & Thompson
Michael McManus McKool Smith
Tom Maser Law Office Larry Laubscher Jr.
Ken Meyers Finnegan
PR80-81
Bill Millen Millen & White
Tom Moore Bacon & Thomas
Bob Mukai Burns Doane
PR87-88
Gary Nath Nath & Associates
Stephan Palan Burns Doane
Andrew Patch Young & Thompson
Vinit Patel PTO 1764
Tom Perkins Young & Thompson
Marvin Petry Stites & Harbison
Joe Piccolo PTO Solicitors Office 
PR97-98
Harris Pitlick Oblon 
Mike Piziali Young & Thompson
Paul Pyla Birch Stewart
John Raubitschek Dept. of Commerce
Adam Rehm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Annette Reimers
Andrew  Reish David, Brody & Donershine
PR95-96
Scott Richardson Burns Doane
Agnes Rooke NIH/NIAID
Richard Ruzich Dept. of Justice
Jeff Sanok Evenson, McKeown,
Ankur Shah Foley & Lardner
Mike Shea Nixon & Vanderhyde
Jasbir Singh  Winston & Strawn
Jim  Slattery Birch Stewart
PR85-86
Bill Smith PTO BPAI
Matthew S. Smith PTO SPE 2825
George  Spencer Dennison, Schultz & MacDonald
Norman Stepno Burns Doane
Henry Tarring self - former PTO
Rodger Tate Hunton & Williams
Russ Travers Travers Law Firm
Howard Troffkin self - former WR Grace
Arnold  Turk Greenblum & Bernstein
Anthony Venturino Stevens Davis
Steve Walsh PTO Solicitors Office 
Wallace Walter self
Herb Wamsley IPO
Ken  Waszkiewicz Morgan & Finnegan
Collin Webb Fitzpatrick Cella
Marc Weinstein Foley & Lardner
Steve Weyer Stites & Harbison
Jeff Wolfson Haynes and Boone
Cherie Woodward PTO 1647
Brad
Wright
Banner & Witcoff           PR05-06
Bruce Zotter Finnegan
 
 

Questions or corrections - please e-mail Ed Cabic 

Also, anyone without a link that would like to place a page of information here, send a note to Ed Cabic

Former Presidents 
Years
Kristina Castellano 06-07
Brad Wright     05-06 
Kevin Duncan  04-05
George Beck  03-04
Jean  Dudek  02-03
Bill  Bergmann  01-02
Brian  Buroker  00-01
John Castellano  99-00 
Chun-I Chiang  98-99
Joe  Piccolo  97-98
Jim  Gatto  96-97
Andrew Reish  95-96
Cynthia Foulke  94-95
Larry  Laubscher Jr.  93-94
Bill Wannisky  92-93
Scott Partridge  91-92
Terry  Clark  90-91
Mike  Gellner  89-90
Joe Potenza  88-89
Bob Mukai  87-88
Harris Pitlick  86-87
Jim  Slattery  85-86
Pete Gowdey  84-85
Terry  Scott  83-84
Chuck Wendel  82-83
Tony  Birch  81-82
Ken Meyers  80-81
Gerry  Bjorge  79-80
Ron  Kananen  78-79
Marv Petry  77-78
David Murphy  76-77
Bill Bullinger  75-76
Joe  Kolash  74-75
Ray Stewart  73-74
Ed Dyson  72-73
Terry Birch  71-72
Larry  Laubscher Sr.  70-71
Tom  Sarro  69-70
     
 
For all earlier years see 50th Anniversary Celebration